Jackson Darlow
CTO & Founder at DAOS Consulting
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolJackson Darlow is a seasoned CTO, founder and technical leader with 11 years of experience building high-end web applications, digital media and elegant UX across PHP, JavaScript and modern web standards. Based in Auckland, he combines hands-on engineering (including notable back-end contributions to the Silverstripe framework) with strategic leadership—providing fractional CTO/CIO/COO services, cloud and cybersecurity transformation, and product-service design for organisations navigating digital complexity. He has led technical direction at Silverstripe and runs Code Craft Ltd, applying a pragmatic blend of platform engineering, data-aware solutions and workflow automation to deliver measurable value. Jackson’s background in digital media production and system administration (Linux, Golang, LAMP) lets him bridge creative design and robust infrastructure while prioritising honest, user-centered experiences. He’s motivated by social innovation, using technical craft not just to ship software but to support lasting organisational and societal change.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Digital Media, Web/Graphic Design & Development, Diploma Digital Media, Web/Graphic Design & Development at Media Design School
Github Skills (5)
configuration-management10
php10
silverstripe10
documentation8
database-design5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
silverstripe/silverstripe-framework
Jun 2015 - Sep 2020
Silverstripe Framework, the MVC framework that powers Silverstripe CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 15 PRs, 60 comments in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jackson primarily contributed to the back-end of the Silverstripe Framework. Their work included modifying core components like `MemberAuthenticator` to handle login attempts and implementing missing configuration definitions. The user also added detailed documentation to methods within the `DataExtension` class and made adjustments to the database admin and form request handling. Finally, the user added a new dev view for outputting current config.
cmsphppowersframeworksilverstripe
codecraft/silverstripe-pathfinder
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
Lead visitors to content with a succession of questions and answers that suggest content tagged by taxonomy terms
Contributions:15 reviews, 39 PRs, 63 pushes in 1 year 10 months
taxonomy-termsleadsuggesttaggedtaxonomy
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